Epinotia nemorivaga

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Epinotia nemorivaga
Die palaearktischen tortriciden. Eine monographische darstellung mit 24 tafeln in farbendruck, einer stammtafel und mehreren abbildungen im text. Mit einer unterstutzung des (20316148804).jpg
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epinotia
Species:
E. nemorivaga
Binomial name
Epinotia nemorivaga
(Tengstrom, 1848) [1]
Synonyms
  • Coccyx nemorivagaTengstrom, 1848
  • Grapholitha (Paedisca) finimitanaLederer, 1859
  • Coccyx finitimanaDoubleday, 1859
  • Coccyx finitimanaStephens, 1852
  • Coccyx nemorivaganaJones, 1884
  • rhododendranaHerrich-Schaffer, 1847
  • Tortrix (Steganoptycha) rhododendranaHerrich-Schaffer, 1851
  • Epinotia rhododendronanaHartig, 1960

Epinotia nemorivaga, the bearberry bell, is a species of moth in the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe (from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy, and from Ireland to Poland) [2] and Asia (China: Henan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi). [3]

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. [4] The face and palpi are pale brownish. The forewings are silvery- whitish, finely strigulated with fuscous. The costa is posteriorly strigulated with dark fuscous and white. There are some scattered dark fuscous strigulae. The basal patch with edge somewhat bent, the central fascia with posterior median projection, and an irregular spot touching termen in middle are all dark fuscous. The termen is hardly sinuate. The cilia have a white subapical dash. The hindwings are grey. The larva is pale yellowish; head dark brown. [5]

Adults are on wing in June and July in western Europe. [6]

The larvae feed on Arctostaphylos alpinus and Arctostaphylos uva-ursi . The larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. They can be found from September to May. [7]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
  4. Hants Moths
  5. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  6. UKmoths
  7. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2014-08-08.